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W. J. GUSSEN.

TOBACCO POUCH.

No. 447,103. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM J. CUSSEN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FIFTHS TOM. MILLHISER dt 00., OF SAME PLACE.

TOBACCO-POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,103, dated February24, 1891.

1 Application filed October 11, 1890. Serial No. 367,764. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. CUssEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Tobacco-Bags, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a frontelevation of the bag closed. Fig. 2 shows a similar view of the closedbag, a'portion of its contents having been removed; and Fig. is avertical sectional view of a filled bag.

This invention has special relation to certain new and usefulimprovements upon that class of tobacco pouches or bags constructed ofsuitable textile fabric, and provided with means for closing and foldingthem tightly around the tobacco remaining in the pouch after aportion'thereof has been removed for use by the consumer, whereby thetobacco may be kept in its original prime condition in the bottom of thepouch until entirely consumed.

In the drawings, a designates a bag of suitable fabric, provided with alining or interior bag a, the two thicknesses of material being sewedtogether. at suitable points. One side of the bag is extended up beyondthe other side and provided with a metallic hook I), which'is preferablyattached to the bag by suitable prongs passed through the twothicknesses of material and clinched upon the inner side thereof. Thepoint or end of this hook is blunt, so as not to catch in and injure thebag or the wearers person or clothing. Along the face of the outer bag,down the middle thereof, preferably, is inserted a vertical series ofindependent metallic eyelets 0, into which the hook upon the end of theextension is adapted to engage when the bag is closed, as shown. Theseeyelets only extend through the outer bag, as will be perceived, thelining or inner bag serving to close the apertures, and thereby preventthe escape of the confined tobacco.

It will be observed that as fast as the tobacco is used the hook isengaged in the next lower eyelet, and so on until the entire contentsare consumed. The special advantage in this arrangement is that theunused tobacco in the pouch is not disturbed or permitted to work looseWhile being carried in the pocket, but is retained-in its original solidand prime condition in the bottom of the bag until consumed. Most of thepouches now on the market permit the tobacco to shake and work looseafter they are once opened, thereby permitting it to spill out into thepocket and become dry and lose its original flavor.

I am aware that heretofore sharp metallic hooks attached to extensionsof the bag sides have been employed to fasten or close tobacco-pouches,these hooks being adapted to be inserted in the cloth of thebags tofasten every time the bag is opened. This is not only objectionable onaccount of the danger of having to carry a sharp hook in the pocket, butalso because the frequent insertion and removal of the sharp hook soontears and cuts the cloth of the bag sufficiently to impair its holdingpower and permit the loose tobacco to spill out through the openingsmade by the hooks. The objection to the use of these sharp hooks asfastening devices are obviated by the present invention I have shown adouble bag or pouch; but I do not Wish to be confined in this respect,as a single bag may be employed without departing from the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- Atobacco-pouch having its rear upper edge extended to form a flap, a hookattached to the end of this flap, a vertical series of independenteyelets secured in the face of the pouch for the reception of the hook,and a lining secured to the interior of the pouch over the eyelets, asand for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature'in presence of threewitnesses.

\VILLIAM J. CUSSEN.

Witnesses:

C. M; ALEXANDER, THEO. MUNGEN, O. D. DAVIS.

